How to apply the cyclic lateral load from a file

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PhamHuy
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How to apply the cyclic lateral load from a file

Post by PhamHuy » Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:45 am

Dear all users,
I'm a beginner user, so I have a problem that need your help:
I have a real testing file. So, how to apply the cyclic lateral load from this file.
Thank you so much for your help.

Ashok
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Re: How to apply the cyclic lateral load from a file

Post by Ashok » Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:19 am

Dear Pham,
Refer to this "https://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/inde ... ialExample" page. Download the three '.tcl' files.
One of them, procRCycDAns.tcl has the code by which you can adjust the parameters such that cyclic loading pattern matches your experimental input cyclic loading data. It even gives you the solution strategy.

or
You can directly read from file - that will be easier in OpenSeesPy than in tcl.

PhamHuy
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Re: How to apply the cyclic lateral load from a file

Post by PhamHuy » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:25 am

Thank you Mr Ashok so much for your reply. It's so useful.

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